Mobile phone radiation causes brain tumors and should be classified as a probable human carcinogen (2A) (Review)

Abstract

Abstract. Quickly changing technologies and intensive uses of radiofrequency electromagnetic field (RF-EMF)-emitting phones pose a challenge to public health. Mobile phone users and uses and exposures to other wireless transmitting devices (WTDs) have increased in the past few years. We consider that cerenat, a french national study, provides an important addition to the literature evaluating the use of mobile phones and risk of brain tumors. The CERENAT finding of increased risk of glioma is consistent with studies that evaluated use of mobile phones for a decade or longer and corroborate those that have shown a risk of meningioma from mobile phone use. In CERENAT, exposure to RF-EMF from digitally enhanced cordless telephones (DECTs), used by over half the population of france during the period of this study, was not evaluated. If exposures to DECT phones could have been taken into account, the risks of glioma from mobile phone use in CERENAT are likely to be higher than published. We conclude that radiofrequency fields should be classified as a Group 2A ̔probable̓ human carcinogen under the criteria used by the

What’s New Among Cancer Etiology Horizon?

“…Morgan et al also stated that until further evidence is available, it is prudent to follow the ALARA standard used in pediatric radiology. The ALARA approach would require hardware and software designers to create proximity sensors and embed flash notices regarding simple advisories about safer use within devices [12].…”

“…Childhood brain tumors have been linked to it in several reports and it might have some significance. But again a large database and definite evidence is still to come out [11][12][13].…”

Mobile phones: carcinogenic and other potential risks

“…Admittedly, there has been a different interpretation of statistics [8]. Other factors, such as an improved access to care, may have played a role [33].…”

“…This has been demonstrated neither for glioma nor for meningioma [18]. However, in other studies, the risk of glioma increased with increasing time since the first mobile phone use or with increasing cumulative call time [8,10,11]. Considering potential biases in epidemiological research, cumulative effects should be verified in experiments.…”

Mobile phone usage does not affect sudden sensorineural hearing loss

“…2,5,6 Though conflicting evidence exists, it has been suggested that these radiofrequency fields should be classified as a 'probable' human carcinogen. 7 No interaction between mobile phone usage and auditory function was demonstrated when testing several audiological parameters. [8][9][10][11] However, a few recent studies did find that mobile phone users had a significantly greater risk of having elevated thresholds in the speech frequencies 9 or high frequencies (above 8 kHz), 10,11 and absent distortion product otoacoustic emissions.…”